Family Time – John 8:36

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! A simple verse to understand. When we are in Christ, our lives have changed. If someone tells you that they began to follow Jesus but their not has not changed even a little,…

“…since you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.” There is a key phrase in this week’s verse. I think that it is something that many people just go past without much thought….

So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed. On the seventh day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from…

Why does Paul have to make such a point that we should focus on things that are good? It doesn’t take much to realize that people, though they say they don’t, seek to focus on the negative aspects of life. Paul writing this is significant because he was sitting in prison as he wrote this…

Pay careful attention, then, to how you live—not as unwise people but as wise — making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is Paul begins this chapter by saying that we should “…, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,…